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For comedian and actor Chris Grace, racism is worse when it’s hack. Grace used this to his comedic advantage in his 2023 Fringe show, Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson, which he adapted into a Dropout special.
This time around, it’s not the casting of white movie stars as Asian that’s got his goat, so much as a hack joke from an improv buddy of his during a sojourn in Stockholm. What seemed like an off-handed remark to the buddy reminded Grace how marginalized people might defensively stay silent in the face of offensive micro-aggressions, as well as made him wonder if he can still be friends with people with whom he only agrees with 88 percent of the time.
So Grace challenges us to like him even if we don’t agree with all of his opinions. He shares how far down the rabbit hole he’ll go to win an argument online. He may make you reconsider your position on Chick-fil-A or even AI. Even if that’s not his intent. His intent is to force us to confront our own complacency or hypocrisies in the face of complex scenarios, whether it’s caring enough about Palestine or how we’d react if we were at the BAFTAs this past year. Also, what soups should be served in a sex sauna, anyhow?
Grace is a Fringe fixture with American improv faves such as Baby Wants Candy and Shamilton, but he has proven in recent years that his prepared material will just as easily make you laugh, agree (say yes) and think about your attitudes toward sticky situations.
Chris Grace: 88% plays Studio 5 at Assembly George Square Studios during the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe.
